I Just Solved NBC’s Late Night Dilemma
Everyone’s been wondering who is going to take over the Late Night 12:35 slot now that Jimmy Fallon is going to 11:35. Speculation is rampant (and fun!), but the pressure for NBC to…
In Honor of Pi Day
Most people will be celebrating Pi Day. It’s the day where everyone eats pie! Hur hur, so clever. Liberal arts majors forget how much they hated math and will bake a pie to…
The Boy Who Cried Hipster
We all like to complain about hipsters. Other hipsters excel at complaining about hipsters. Although it’s the most ironic kind of hipster bitching (and therefore also the most hip and funniest), middle aged…
Obesity Is Now Kosher
Latkes are, as people on the internet would say, “p Jewish.” So it follows that two latkes are double Jewish. But if you stuck some meat in between and made a sandwich out…
Life Without Irony: Is it Even Worth Living?
The New York Times is at it again. After finding whiny and self indulgent college grads to write a feature on, and after being late on the hipster bandwagon, here’s another piece designed…
Mkaio: Bedroom Chillwave hits the Interwebs
So almost a month late I’m reviewing an album that caught the eye of the editor here. I’ve taken a break from summarily dismissing everything put under my nose as “too mainstream,” since…
Yet Another Set of Movie Characters as Hipsters
It seems like every other week some pop cultural item gets re-imagined as hipster. Star Wars characters as hipsters, 20th century icons as hipsters, Disney princesses as hipsters. Now we have the…
Chi-Town: My Town
So I recently moved to Wicker Park/Bucktown in Chicago. Hipster Central. I’ve stopped noticing hipster things and outrageously dressed hipster people because I’m surrounded by it every day. I mean, I’d love to…
MM: Purity Ring’s “Shrines” is the Weirdest Record You’ll Like All Summer
From the opening glitchy synth tones of “Crawlersout” to the spoken word oddity of “Shuck,” Purity Ring’s debut is something that no one has really been able to accuately categorize. “Lofticries” has garnered…
Killer Mike Kills on New Album
I know that I don’t comment on rap for this site too often (I feel that Dr. K has a firmer grip on rap/hip hop than I do), but I think that Killer…
05/17/2013 Randy Hampton — Are you an idiot? Well, yea you already answered that. Label people racist lol. And I'm going...
05/17/2013 Lainna Cohen — so much for loving kindness....what is sad is that people will take this to mean that this is how...
05/16/2013 cole — NOT FUNNY
05/16/2013 Karl — how long before Huma ditches this dude?
05/15/2013 Double Sunday — I don't know what to say other than that's not a good look for us.